The "A.02.04", plus the filename, reveals: it's an LZW file (created by
Telamon's
LZW utility).

You should have the LZW utility in PUB.SYS, or @[log in to unmask], or a variety of
other places.

If run with no parameters, LZW displays help info.

Stan


On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Mark Ranft <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I am helping a small company recover their HP3000.  It is/was being hosted
> by someone, that may even be on this list.  I am supposed to restore the
> HP3000 from an .lzw backup, and I would appreciate advice.
>
> I was pointed to an ftp site to get the backup. I noticed it was a Windows
> FTP server when I logged on. On the site, I see the following when I enter
> ls -l...
>
> -rwxrwxrwx   1 owner    group       145900544 Sep  2 15:57
> HP_Backup_20160902.lzw
> -rwxrwxrwx   1 owner    group       145894400 Sep 11 20:16
> HP_Backup_20160911.lzw
> -rwxrwxrwx   1 owner    group          171776 Jul 11  2013 lzw.raw
>
> I use binary and download the file...
>
> ftp> binary
> 200 Type set to I.
> ftp> get HP_Backup_20160911.lzw BACK0911
> 200 PORT command successful.
> 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for HP_Backup_20160911.lzw(
> 145894400
> bytes).
> 226 Transfer complete.
> 145894400 bytes received in 440.05 seconds (323.77 Kbytes/sec)
> All good so far, but it isn't Store-to-Disk format, does anyone recognize
> this...
>
> Note:  I changed the account name to XYZ and made the hex '00' to obscure
> my
> client's identity.
>
> BACK0911 RECORD 0 (%0, #0)
>
> 0000: 0000 0000 0000 000E 412E 3032 2E30 3400 ........A.02.04.
> 0008: 0000 4143 4354 4652 4D41 2E50 5542 2E00 ..ACCTFRMA.PUB.X
> 0010: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 YZ..............
> 0018: 0000 0000 0000 0405 1000 FF00 0000 0001 ................
> 0020: 0000 1D4C 0008 040B 0000 10DE 0000 0000 ...L............
> 0028: SAME: TO 0078-1
> 0078: 3136 2F30 392F 3131 2032 303A 3237 3A33 16/09/11 20:27:3
>
> BACK0911 RECORD 1 (%1, #1)
>
> 0000: 3400 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 4...............
> 0008: SAME: TO 0040-1
> 0040: 0000 0000 0000 0000 2020 2020 2020 2020 ........
> 0048: 4152 4E4F 4C44 2020 0000 0000 0000 0000 ARNOLD  ........
> 0050: SAME: TO 0080-1
>
> BACK0911 RECORD 2 (%2, #2)
>
> 0000: 0080 0001 9259 0607 0884 C2A1 6080 6000 .....Y......`.`.
> 0008: 070A 4004 1BC0 1400 0182 0236 8419 90F0 ..@........6....
> 0010: 0082 1720 90C8 A472 492C 9A4F 2894 CAA5 ... ...rI,.O(...
> 0018: 72C9 6C9A 0508 0800 0240 0008 1080 472B r.l......@....G+
> 0020: 1048 6462 7948 9A48 1050 A862 0230 CA89 .HdbyH.H.P.b.0..
> 0028: 48A4 010E E005 9810 CF39 9DCF 67F4 1A49 H........9..g..I
> 0030: 1C6D 49AC 8800 87FA 6811 1D51 9E4F A815 .mI.....h..Q.O..
> 0038: 928D 6AB2 041F 0016 4022 A586 A64D 2656 ..j.....@"...M&V
> 0040: 4863 1B3D 2004 BA00 2901 EC92 4134 A041 Hc.= ...)...A4.A
> 0048: 2C91 8897 5BB1 9B0B 6703 9480 0920 0A0A ,...[...g.... ..
> 0050: FC52 2290 CAC4 620D D841 87CB 8015 98C0 .R"...b..A......
> 0058: 4348 997F C091 8856 7241 4204 321B 0D0B CH.....VrAB.2...
> 0060: 0242 4114 8244 A402 4861 9630 11CD A0C0 .BA..D..Ha.0....
> 0068: 164A 9A4A D69B 53AB D6EB F634 4042 5802 [log in to unmask]
> 0070: D801 8CB4 191C 9918 87BE 2870 359A ED85 ..........(p5...
> 0078: 2002 8B00 A781 2CFE 664B 2853 2A56 77FA  .....,.fK(S*Vw.
>
>
> Mark Ranft
> (612) 804-2774
> [log in to unmask]
>
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